"LIV Rugby"?
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If RTS is a big signing then it's already dead in the water.
I'll be more convinced once they sign big name forwards and competent coaches.
@antipodean said in "LIV Rugby"?:
If RTS is a big signing then it's already dead in the water.
I'll be more convinced once they sign big name forwards and competent coaches.
It's a starting point though, and will continue to grow over time.
Look at what US rugby is doing to our Super Rugby depth. Money talks as we know.
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@SBW1 said in "LIV Rugby"?:
$550,000 is not exactly top end money, he could easily get that in Japan or France.
Who?
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Most detailed piece I've seen on R360.
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"Earlier this year, before re-signing in New Zealand, one current All Blacks star was offered a jaw-dropping deal worth around $12 million over three years to join R360. He turned it down"
Ardie?
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So it's based in Dubai, but no one's prepared or able to say yet if it's ultimately Qatari or Saudi Royal Family money that's bankrolling it all.
If I was a player or coach being to asked to sign any sort of contract with this outfit, however big the sums of money mentioned, one of the first questions I'd have is who is financially underwriting you.
If they can't answer that, you'd be a fool to sign with them.
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To the league fans, even Jye Grey (Rabbitohs utility) who is in and out of the side and only played 28 first grade games at Souths I saw there were rumours of him being offered just under a million.
It gona be a fasciating development should it go ahead whether people like it or not.
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More here:
https://twitter.com/cgroderick/status/1951544759643947194?s=46
The teams would be based in Dubai, London, Tokyo, Cape Town, Boston, Miami and two other cities.
Louis Rees-Zammitt is one of the signings apparently.
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@booboo said in "LIV Rugby"?:
I just don't get who their audience will be?
How do they create fans?
I'm not certain they're planning on playing games in the Middle East? That Roar article was a little ambiguous and what I've previously heard suggested games would move around.
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@booboo said in "LIV Rugby"?:
I just don't get who their audience will be?
How do they create fans?
I'm not certain they're planning on playing games in the Middle East? That Roar article was a little ambiguous and what I've previously heard suggested games would move around.
@Mr-Fish said in "LIV Rugby"?:
@booboo said in "LIV Rugby"?:
I just don't get who their audience will be?
How do they create fans?
I'm not certain they're planning on playing games in the Middle East? That Roar article was a little ambiguous and what I've previously heard suggested games would move around.
I'm talking us? Who of us, the rugby fan, is going to buy into it?
At this stage I cannot see how I could buy into this. How am I, and people like me (youse fellas... seriously) are going to be engaged enough to buy into it?
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@Mr-Fish said in "LIV Rugby"?:
@booboo said in "LIV Rugby"?:
I just don't get who their audience will be?
How do they create fans?
I'm not certain they're planning on playing games in the Middle East? That Roar article was a little ambiguous and what I've previously heard suggested games would move around.
I'm talking us? Who of us, the rugby fan, is going to buy into it?
At this stage I cannot see how I could buy into this. How am I, and people like me (youse fellas... seriously) are going to be engaged enough to buy into it?
@booboo said in "LIV Rugby"?:
@Mr-Fish said in "LIV Rugby"?:
@booboo said in "LIV Rugby"?:
I just don't get who their audience will be?
How do they create fans?
I'm not certain they're planning on playing games in the Middle East? That Roar article was a little ambiguous and what I've previously heard suggested games would move around.
I'm talking us? Who of us, the rugby fan, is going to buy into it?
At this stage I cannot see how I could buy into this. How am I, and people like me (youse fellas... seriously) are going to be engaged enough to buy into it?
Ah fair.
I do think there's something appealing about seeing the best players in the world, regardless of nationality, all playing in the same team. But that's dependant on getting the best players in the world...
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I'll watch it
But if it turns into the Japanese and American league I'll turn off pretty quickly
